M1A1 tankers compete in gunnery qualifications on Fort Hood

Sgt. Christopher Dooley, from Leonardtown, Md., a tank gunner in 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, checks the battery box and connections on his M1A1 Abrams tank after gunnery qualifications on the Blackwell multi-use range on Fort Hood, Texas, May 28, 2013. Sgt. Maj. of the Army Raymond F. Chandler III, himself a former tanker, paid the unit a visit later in the day.